Publications by authors named "S Khavandi"

Objectives: Standardisation of medical examinations involves minimising assessor stereotyping and bias for a fair process. This study aimed to determine whether being a non-white candidate affected scoring by simulated patients, compared with a white candidate, at three different performance grades in the same history-taking station.

Design: Single-blinded, video-based, randomised study.

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Objectives: Fuel poverty, defined in this study as a household's inability to meet basic energy needs, presents a significant challenge. We aimed to map research on the impact of fuel poverty on mental health.

Methods: We searched peer review and grey literature repositories.

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Objectives: Increasingly, healthcare and public health strategists invite us to look at healthcare organisations as not just care providers but as anchor institutions (ie, large community-rooted organisations with significant impact in the local economy, social fabric and overall community well-being). In response, this study explores the mechanisms through which healthcare organisations can impact social determinants of health and communities in their local areas.

Design: We conducted case studies with interviews and synthesised the findings using a realist approach to produce a set of explanations (programme theory) of how healthcare organisations can have a positive impact on the overall well-being of local communities by operating as anchor institutions.

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The carbapenem-resistant (CRE) pose a pressing public health concern. Here, we investigated the frequency of CRE bacteria, carbapenemase-encoding genes, and the molecular epidemiology of carbapenemase-resistant in wastewater resources and healthy carriers in Iran. Out of 617 bacteria, 24% were carbapenem-resistant.

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